Knitting-needle.



No. 761,83 1. PATENTED JUNE -7, 1904. i

v -w. HART.

KNITTING NEEDLE. APPLIUATIOI PILHD AUG. 15, 1903.

N0 .MODEL.

Patented June '7, 1904.

'UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM HART, OF TROY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LOUIS W. GROAT,OF NEW YORK, 'N. Y.

NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 761,831, dated June 7,1904.

Application filed August 15, 1903.

To all w/wm it may concern.

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM HART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, in the county of Rensselaer, State of ,New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Knitting-Needles, ofwhich the following is adescription, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings, in which' Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, asimilar view showing the beardforced inward to the shank; Fig. 3, asectional view on the line III III of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sectional viewtaken on the line IV IV of Fig. 1; Fig. 5, a similar view on line V VofFig. 1; Fig. 6, a similar view on the line VI VI of Fig. 1; Fig. 7 asimilar View taken on the line VII VII of Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a sectionalview showing the beard forced inward and resting on theneedle-shank; andFig. 9, an elevation of a portion of the needle looking at the beard.

The main object of this invention is to.pro

. duce a knitting-needle of the spring-hook type in which the beard willbe exceedingly strong and in which the point of the beard will be soprotected when it is forced inward to the eye of the needle to permitthe formed loop to slip off that it will not break or bend outward, asoften happens with the needles of this type. now in use.

A further object of the invention is to extend the eyethat is, therecess which receives the point of beard-entirely through the shank ofthe needle, so that any dirt which may lodge therein will be forced outby the point of the beard, thereby keeping the eye clear andunobstructed. By extending the eye entirely through the shank, ashereinafter described, the extreme point of the beard will be out ofcontact with the bottom thereof when the beard is forced inward, and alldanger of breaking or bending outward said point will be avoided.

Referring to the various parts of the needle by numerals, 1 designatesthe shank, which is cylindrical in cross-section throughout its length.At one of its ends this shank is slightly reduced in diameter and isbent over and back upon itself to form the beard 2 Serial no. 169,590.(N0 model.)

This reduced portion is maintained cylindrical part. From the point 3 tothe point 5 the beard is flattened, as indicated at 6 in Fig. 5. Thisportion of the beardis flattened to render it resilient and constitutesthe spring portion thereof.- This spring portion of the heard issubstantially parallel with the shank of the needle when the beard is"in its normal position. From the point 5 the beard extends or inclinesslightly outward and away from the needle-shank, as at 7 in Fig. 1, andthis portion of'the heard is concave on its inner side, as shown at 8 inFig. 6, the purpose of this being to permit this portion of the heard to'iit the adjoining cylindrical surface of the where the same isflattened to form a spring portion. The point of the heard iscylindrical in cross-section, as shown clearly in Fig. 7 and is adaptedto enter the eye or recess 10, formed in the needle-shank. Thisdepression oreye is of the same contour as the beard-- point, as shownclearly in Figs. 3 and 9, and its bottom is convex to receive thecyhndric point of the beard. Th1s eye or recess extends entirely throughthe needle-shank where the point of the beard extends into it, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 7, so that the extreme point is unsupported, andthe danger of bendmg or breaking the said extreme point of the beardwill be avoided, the main portion of the,

point 9 coming in contact with the outward inclined part 11 of the eye,as shown in Fig. 2. This not only prevents the extreme point of thebeard being bent back or broken, but also prevents it becoming soiled bycontact with dirt or dust in the eye 10.

From the foregoing it will be readily understood that I provide anextremely strong,

durable, and practical knitting-needle. By carrying the cylindricalshank around the curve at the end thereof I avoid the great weakness ofthe ordinary spring-hook knitting-needle, which is flattened at thispoint, and is consequently very easily broken. It will also be noticedthat by concaving the inner side of the beard at the point where 'thesame Will contact with the cylindrical shank of the needle when thebeard is forced inward to the shank all danger of breaking or bending atthis point and of turning it side- Wise is avoided. The concavity in thebeard Will receive the needle-shank, and the parts Will be positivelymaintained in alinement. By forming the point of the beard cylindricalin cross-section and so forming the eye in the shank that the extremepoint of the beard Will be out of contact with the needle-shank When thebeard is pressed into the eye it will be seen that said eye cannot beturned or broken in ordinary usage.

This needle is well adapted for knitting Wire as well as fiber strands,and it is designed not only to provide astrong and durable needle, butone in which the sharp edges or points, which would be liable to injurethe fiber, are avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A knitting-needle formed with a shank cylindrical in cross-section, aspring-beard connected to said shank by a tapering portion Which iscylindrical in cross-section, a portion of said beard being concave onits inward side to receive the cylindrical shank of the needle, and theeye formed in the shank to receive the point of the beard.

2. A knitting-needle formed with a cylindrical shank, a beard connectedthereto at one end by a tapering part cylindrical in crosssection, saidbeard being formed with a flattened spring part, a point portioncylindric: l in cross-section, and a portion connecting the spring withthe point portion this latter portion being concave onits under side toreceive the cylindrical shank of the needle, said shank being formedwith an eye to receive the cylindrical point of the needle, said eye atone end extending entirely through the shank and having a convexoutward-inclined bottom.

3. A knitting-needle formed with a shank cylindric in cross-section, aspring-beard cow nected to said shank by a tapering portion which iscylindric in cross-section, a portion of said beard being concave on itsinner side to receive the cylindric shank of the needle, an eye formedin this shank to receive the point of the beard, said eye being taperedto correspond with the tapered point of the beard, its bottom beingconcave to receive the cylindric point of the beard, and its contractedend'extending entirely through the shank so that the extreme end of thebeard will be within the shank when the beard is forced inward but willbe out of cont-act with the bottom of the eye.

4:. A knitting-needle formed with a shank, a spring-beard connected tosaid shank and formed with a tapered point and an eye formed in theshank to receive the point of the beard, said eye being tapered toreceive the correspondingly-tapered point of the board, the bottom ofthe eye terminating short of its contracted end whereby when the beardis forced inward its tapered point will lie in the eye of the shank andthe extreme end thereof will be out of contact with the bottom of saideye.

In testimony whereof I. hereunto allix my signature, in the presence 01two witnesses, this 13th day of August, 1903.

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\Vitnesses:

TiroMAs (1ALV1N, TnoMAs E. CUsAck.

